brown manned the tsa baggage screening machine at newark airport. where he would be tepd off. overhead cameras weren't working and others did the same thing. >> it became massive. >> massive. >> yeah. >> you weren't the only one? >> no. >> reporter: in our own investigations involving ten airports with history of tsa theft problems, abc news checked bags with ipayipads and cash an left beef hind ipads at tsa check points. all the luggage made it past tsa safely. in nine out of ten cases, at carry-on check points. tsa screening officers did exactly what they are trained to do. >> please come back to the podium to claim your items. >> reporter: it was a different story in or lalando where our i was seen in the hand of andy ramirez. two hours later we were able to track the ipad as it left the airport and ended up at tsa officer's home. brian ross. abc news. can you give me a hand here. we are looking for a missing ipad. >> missing ipad? >> reporter: when we went to reclaim the ipad two weeks later, ramirez at first denied having it. >> okay. >> reporter: its it here? >> no, sir.